[CivicAccess-discuss] Draft of an Open Data Commons Attribution License

[Tracey P. Lauriault]

They are seeking comments on this draft.
Draft of an Open Data Commons Attribution
License<http://www.opendatacommons.org/2010/01/11/draft-of-an-open-data-commons-attribution-license/>

Open Data Commons are happy to announce the first draft of an attribution
license for data/databases:

http://www.opendatacommons.org/licenses/by/

A commentable version of the text is available here:

http://www.co-ment.net/text/2091/

Feedback is actively sought and we would be grateful for any assistance in
circulating this announcement to relevant communities and networks.

The license is heavily based on the Open Database License
(ODbL)<http://www.opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/>,
though obviously without the share-alike provisions! With its simpler nature
and its solid base from the ODbL, we don’t anticipate as much work as with
the ODbL to get this to a 1.0.

The present plan is to start out with this first comments round based ending
around the start of February. Based on the feedback received we will then
assess how many further rounds of revision and consultation will be needed.

Some particular questions that it would be good to have feedback on:

   - Is there any irrelevant matter that can be cut from the license
   (shorter is better!)
   - Is attribution wanted for produced works (at the moment it is)
   - What flexibility in attribution format/requirements should be supported

Background

The drafting of this license has been prompted by a clear need in several
communities for an open license <http://www.opendefinition.org/> for
data/databases that provides for attribution but does not impose share-alike
requirements. Following discussion last Autumn on the public discuss
list<http://lists.okfn.org/pipermail/odc-discuss/2009-November/000199.html>work
was started on this draft attribution license.


-- 
Tracey P. Lauriault
613-234-2805
https://gcrc.carleton.ca/confluence/display/GCRCWEB/Lauriault
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